c-MYC was also more expressed in SCC than in AC tissues (7- and 36.4-fold differences for T0 and NTC24 samples, respectively), whereas NANOG showed a mild overexpression in AC-NSCLC tissues at baseline (0.5-fold difference) that was not confirmed in NTC24 samples (1.6-fold difference). Here, NANOG is linked to non-small cell lung carcinoma.